Status and challenges for molecular solar thermal energy storage system based devices
Reviewartikel, 2022

Molecular solar thermal energy storage systems (MOST) offer emission-free energy storage where solar power is stored via valence isomerization in molecular photoswitches. These photoswitchable molecules can later release the stored energy as heat on-demand. Such systems are emerging in recent years as a vibrant research field that is rapidly transitioning from basic research to applications. Since a major part of the attention is focused on molecular design and engineering, MOST-based device development has not been systematically summarized and introduced to a broad audience. This tutorial review will discuss the most commonly used and developed devices from a chemical engineering point of view. It is expected that future developers of MOST technology could be inspired by the existing devices, keeping in mind the summarized essential practical challenges towards large-scale implementations and more innovative applications.

Författare

Zhihang Wang

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Helen Hölzel

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Kasper Moth-Poulsen

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Chemical Society Reviews

0306-0012 (ISSN) 1460-4744 (eISSN)

Vol. 51 17 7313-7326

Ämneskategorier

Kemiteknik

Energisystem

DOI

10.1039/d1cs00890k

PubMed

35726574

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Senast uppdaterat

2022-09-28